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33:9 But Manasseh <04519> misled <08582> the people of Judah <03063> and the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> so that they sinned <07451> <06213> more than <04480> the nations <01471> whom <0834> the Lord <03068> had destroyed <08045> ahead <06440> of the Israelites <03478> <01121>. 33:10 The Lord <03068> confronted <0413> <01696> Manasseh <04519> and his people <05971>, but they paid <07181> no <03808> attention <07181>. 33:11 So the Lord <03068> brought <0935> against <05921> them the commanders <08269> of the army <06635> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>. They seized <03920> Manasseh <04519>, put hooks <02336> in his nose, bound <0631> him with bronze chains <05178>, and carried <01980> him away <01980> to Babylon <0894>. 33:12 In his pain <06887> Manasseh asked <02470> the Lord <03068> his God <0430> for mercy <02470> and truly <03966> humbled <03665> himself before <06440> the God <0430> of his ancestors <01>. 33:13 When he prayed <06419> to <0413> the Lord, the Lord responded <06279> to him and answered favorably <08085> his cry for mercy <08467>. The Lord brought <07725> him back <07725> to Jerusalem <03389> to his kingdom <04438>. Then Manasseh <04519> realized <03045> that <03588> the Lord <03068> is the true God <0430>. 33:14 After <0310> this <03651> Manasseh built up <01129> the outer <02435> wall <02346> of the City <05892> of David <01732> on the west side <04628> of the Gihon <01521> in the valley <05158> to the entrance <0935> of the Fish <01709> Gate <08179> and all around <05437> the terrace <06077>; he made <01361> it much <03966> higher <01361>. He placed <07760> army <02428> officers <08269> in all <03605> the fortified <01219> cities <05892> in Judah <03063>. 33:15 He removed <05493> the foreign <05236> gods <0430> and images <05566> from the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and all <03605> the altars <04196> he had built <01129> on the hill <02022> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and in Jerusalem <03389>; he threw <07993> them outside <02351> the city <05892>. 33:16 He erected <03559> the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068> and offered <02076> on <05921> it peace offerings <08002> and thank offerings <08426>. He told <0559> the people of Judah <03063> to serve <05647> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>. 33:17 The people <05971> continued <05750> to offer sacrifices <02076> at the high places <01116>, but only <07535> to the Lord <03068> their God <0430>. 33:18 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Manasseh’s <04519> reign, including his prayer <08605> to <0413> his God <0430> and the words <01697> the prophets <02374> spoke <01696> to <0413> him in the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, are recorded in <05921> the Annals <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. 33:19 The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer <08605>, give an account <03789> of how the Lord responded <06279> to it, record <01697> all <03605> his sins <02403> and unfaithful acts <04604>, and identify the sites <04725> where <0834> he built <01129> high places <01116> and erected <05975> Asherah poles <0842> and idols <06456> before <06440> he humbled <03665> himself. 33:20 Manasseh <04519> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in his palace <01004>. His son <01121> Amon <0526> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>. 33:21 Amon <0526> was twenty-two <08147> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <04427>, and he reigned <04427> for two <08147> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. 33:22 He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>, just like <0834> his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had done <06213>. He <0526> offered <06213> sacrifices to all <03605> the idols <06456> his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had made <02076>, and worshiped <05647> them. 33:23 He did not <03808> humble <03665> himself before <06440> the Lord <03068> as his father <01> Manasseh <04519> had done. Amon <0526> was guilty <0819> of great <07235> sin. 33:24 His servants <05650> conspired <07194> against <05921> him and killed <04191> him in his palace <01004>. 33:25 The people <05971> of the land <0776> executed <05221> all <03605> who had conspired <07194> against <05921> King <04428> Amon <0526>, and they <0776> <05971> made <04427> his son <01121> Josiah <02977> king <04427> in his place <08478>.

• 2Ch 33:21-25 -- Amon's Reign

• Thistle

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. hoah (2 Kings 14:9; Job 31:40). In Job 41:2 the Hebrew word is rendered "thorn," but in the Revised Version "hook." It is also rendered "thorn" in 2 Chr. 33:11; Prov. 26:9; Cant. 2:2; "brambles" in Isa. 34:13. It i...
  

• Seer

  [ebd] a name sometimes applied to the prophets because of the visions granted to them. It is first found in 1 Sam. 9:9. It is afterwards applied to Zadok, Gad, etc. (2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 1 Chr. 9:22; 25:5; 2 Chr. 9:29; Amos 7:12; ...
  

• Samuel

  [ebd] heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Sam. 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up to Shiloh to worship before the Lord, earnestly prayed to God that she might...
  

• Revivals

  [nave] REVIVALS. Religious Zech. 8:20-23. Prayer for, Hab. 3:2. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 32:15; Joel 2:28; Mic. 4:1-8; Hab. 3:2. Instances of Under Joshua, Josh. 5:2-9; Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:1-6; Elijah, 1 Kin. 18:17-40; Jehoas...
  

• Manasseh

  [smith] (forgetting). The thirteenth king of Judah, son of Hezekiah, (2 Kings 21:1) ascended the throne at the age of twelve, and reigned 55 years, from B.C. 608 to 642. His accession was the signal for an entire change in the re...
  [nave] MANASSEH 1. Son of Joseph and Asenath, Gen. 41:50, 51; 46:20; adopted by Jacob on his deathbed, Gen. 48:1, 5-20. Called Manasses, Rev. 7:6. 2. Tribe of. Descendants of Joseph. The two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, ...
  

• Manaen

  [ebd] consoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known of him beyond what is stated in Acts 13:1, where he is spoken of as having been brought up with (Gr. syntrophos; rendered in R.V. "foster brother" of) Herod, i....
  

• MANASSES, THE PRAYER OF

  [isbe] MANASSES, THE PRAYER OF - || 1. Name 2. Canonicity and Position 3. Contents 4. Original Language 5. Authenticity 6. Author and Motive 7. Date 8. Text and Versions (1) Greek (2) Latin LITERATURE The Prayer of Manasses purport...
  

• MANASSEH (3)

  [isbe] MANASSEH (3) - A king of Judah, son and successor of Hezekiah; reigned 55 years (2 Ki 21:1; 2 Ch 33:1), from circa 685 onward. His was one of the few royal names not compounded with the name of Yahweh (his son Amon's was the...
  

• JERUSALEM, 4

  [isbe] JERUSALEM, 4 - IX. History. Pre-Israelite period.--The beginnings of Jerusalem are long before recorded history: at various points in the neighborhood, e.g. at el Bukei`a to the Southwest, and at the northern extremity of th...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Influence

  [nave] INFLUENCE. Evil 1 Kin. 11:3, 4; 1 Kin. 15:25, 26; 1 Kin. 21:25; 1 Kin. 22:51-53; 2 Kin. 8:16-18, 25-27; 2 Kin. 17:21, 22; 2 Kin. 21:9; 2 Chr. 21:5, 6; 2 Chr. 22:3-5; 2 Chr. 33:9; Prov. 22:24, 25; Prov. 29:12; Jer. 17:1, 2;...
  

• FISH

  [ebd] called dag by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity (Gen. 9:2; Num. 11:22; Jonah 2:1, 10). No fish is mentioned by name either in the Old or in the New Testament. Fish abounded in the Mediterranean and in the lakes of...
  [smith] The Hebrews recognized fish as one of the great divisions of the animal kingdom, and as such gave them a place in the account of the creation, (Genesis 1:21,28) as well as in other passages where an exhaustive description of ...
  

• Church and State

  [nave] CHURCH AND STATE (Identical in the theocratic period. No particular Scripture can be cited, but the student is directed to the legislative, judicial, and administrative functions of Moses, Joshua, the Judges, and Samuel as s...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• CARVING

  [isbe] CARVING - karv'-ing: Carving, or engraving, was extensively used among the peoples of Bible lands. There were no materials used in the arts which were not subjected to the graver's skill. Carved objects of wood, stone, ivory...
  

• Bramble

  [ebd] (1.) Hebrew atad, Judg. 9:14; rendered "thorn," Ps. 58:9. The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestine, resembling the hawthorn. (2.) Hebrew hoah, Isa. 34:13 (R.V. "thistles"); "thickets" in 1 S...
  

• Babylon, kingdom of

  [ebd] called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central Asia along the valley of the Tigris from the Persian Gulf northward for some 300 miles. It was famed for its fertility and its...
  

• Amon

  [ebd] builder. (1.) The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was committed to his custody (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25). (2.) The son of Manasseh, and fourteenth king of Judah. He restored idolatry, and set...
  [isbe] AMON - a'-mon ('amon): A name identical with that of the Egyptian local deity of Thebes (No); compare Jer 46:25. The foreign name given to a Hebrew prince is remarkable, as is also the fact that it is one of the two or three...
  [nave] AMON 1. Governor of the city of Samaria, 1 Kin. 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25. 2. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 21:18-26; 2 Chr. 33:21-25; Zeph. 1:1; Matt. 1:10. 3. Ancestor of one of the families of the Nethinim, Neh. 7:59. Called Ami, Ez...
  

• ASHURBANIPAL

  [isbe] ASHURBANIPAL - a-shoor-ba'-ne-pal (Ashur-bani-apal, "Ashur creates a son"): Before setting out on his last campaign to Egypt, Esarhaddon king of Assyria doubtless having had some premonition that his days were numbered, caus...
  

• APOSTASY; APOSTATE

  [isbe] APOSTASY; APOSTATE - a-pos'-ta-si, a-pos'-tat (he apostasia, "a standing away from"): I.e. a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection. Not found in the English Versions of the Bible, but used twice in the New Testament, in th...
  

• King Manasseh

  

• Does God Hear the Prayer of the Wicked?
  We have precedent for such a belief. A striking example is that of Manasseh (II Chron. 33:18). A greater sinner than he it would be difficult to imagine. We can understand prayers of sinners for temporal blessings being unhea...

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